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I think I only saw one member of the bronze medal Romanian team compete. I had to look up the complete event results on the Olympics website because I hadn't learned them from watching the broadcast or reading the newspaper article about the event.
What are your thoughts? Is only seeing the best athletes and most popular competitions the best way to view the Olympics? What events do you think they could cover better? What sports would you watch that they aren't showing during prime time?
created Aug 15, 2008 by jessica
4 responses
jhota
NBC doesn't even show every event. Handball, Modern Pentathalon, etc., just don't get the coverage. the only stuff NBC wants to cover (for obvious financial reasons) are the events where there is either a large US following (Association Football, Basketball) or there's a better-than-average chance of the US medaling (Women's Gymnastics, Swimming). sadly, there's no way we can get "good" or even "full" Olympic coverage with the current broadcast model. the only way to really see all you want is to attend in person.
todd
handball was on tv repeatedly. and i didn't know why. i still don't understand that game.
todd
i also really disagree with the "attend in person" strategy. it's almost impossible to get tickets to almost anything. the only way to really watch the olympics is to download (or stream from nbc.com) the stuff you want to see.
jhota
handball was on tv? when? i keep seeing freaking beach volleyball.
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